Unbelievable

Fully deserved!

What has JFK told them at half time you have to wonder..

Oh ffs,wake up!

They're all over us..

Bellamy and Given discussing where to live in Manchester going in the tunnel there..?

Why was Carroll not in the 6 yard box with crosses coming in from both sides?

Certainly offside though..

PHEW!!!

Carroll man, stay on your feet and put the ball in the back of the net you dimwit..

Carrol man.. That shot was moving away from goal..

Good bit of play ending in a shot by Duff..

Parker combines with Bellers to equalise.. Shit

Shit..

Carroll should have scored. Good cross Guthrie..

Great tackle Jonas!

Shit defending that mind..

Owen scores!!!

Should have been a goal, dare I say...

Owen hits the post..

How that was not a pen I will never know. He practically held it in his hands..

Mr C. Ronaldo? Bigger accomplishment what he's done in the last couple of seasons in the EPL (undisputedly a much higher quality league) I'd say. Larsson at Celtic? NB - Messi is awesome but lets not go overboard? I'd have to disagree, the spanish league is not far off the premiership at all. Some would argue it's better, not me though. And for me Messi is special in a way that Ronaldo isn't. Fair enough Ronaldo produces more, is more consistant, has the better physique etc but Messi does things that only the special ones can and he has whatever it was that Maradona had. Not sure what you would call it but Ronaldo doesn't have that. Larsson was fantastic but he's in the next tier of great players for me. I was simply drawing what I thought was a fairly obvious parallel of players seeming better when playing against lower quality opposition and often with lower quality team mates - I wasn't meaning in any way that Larsson is in the league of greats, far from it. If a team is set up to work off one man then that man will be a legend - Shearer at Blackburn, Le Tiss at Southhampton, Sheva at Milan. All played beyond themselves and when put in a regular formation without the whole team geared up for them alone they were no where near as good as they were before. Don't get me wrong, I loathe United, but for me, Christiano is miles ahead, he's pretty much a perfect footballer. What makes you think the Premiership is superior to La Liga in terms of quality of the opposition?

It's not only about not selling players, we were supposed to strengthen the squad remember..? Who says we won't? JFK and Chris Hughton both seem to be implying we shouldn't expect too much..

It's not only about not selling players, we were supposed to strengthen the squad remember..?

Well, that optimism created by Mike's statement about being committed to moving the club forward didn't last long.